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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Pilot" – "Hiroshima".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Franklin D. Roosevelt die?
(a) April 12, 1945.
(b) September 1, 1945.
(c) December 18, 1944.
(d) February 21, 1945.

2. What was Moe Berg's profession prior to his work for the OSS in World War II?
(a) He was a professional baseball player.
(b) He was a professional basketball player.
(c) He was a professional football player.
(d) He was a psychiatrist.

3. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's former girlfriend whom he met in San Francisco on June 14, 1943?
(a) Ruth Werner.
(b) Jean Tatlock.
(c) Melba Phillips.
(d) Lise Meitner.

4. When did Adolf Hitler launch a four-million man invasion across the Soviet border, despite his agreements not to do so?
(a) July, 1940.
(b) April, 1940.
(c) May, 1939.
(d) June, 1941.

5. What date is described in the Prologue of Bomb?
(a) July 12, 1945.
(b) November 1, 1952.
(c) May 22, 1950.
(d) September 18, 1951.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Moe Berg attend Werner Heisenberg's lecture for the Alsos mission?

2. On what date was the meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill in the opening of "On the Cliff"?

3. Who was Semyon Semyonov's KGB colleague that helped work with him to throw off the scent of the FBI, according to the author in "Rapid Rupture"?

4. What mailing address did Dorothy McKibben give to the new scientists arriving in Santa Fe for the bomb project?

5. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves first visit the Los Alamos Ranch School to examine it as a site for testing?

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